We’ve all seen stories about homeowners’ associations (HOAs) setting themselves up as mini-fiefdoms, and holding people accountable for stuff like “maintaining community standards” and “keeping property values healthy”. The stories are legion, and I can bear witness to some of them myself — the best one being that when we were encouraged by the Plano authorities to start collecting rainwater in large storage barrels (a Good Thing, in semi-desert north Texas), we went off and bought from the city one of said barrels — i.e. the thing was city-approved.
So I installed the blessed thing at the side of the house and attached a drip hose system so that the lawn at the side of the house could get watered. Two weeks later some dickless wonder knocked on my door and said that the barrel was “unsightly” and we had two days to remove it, or face “consequences”. When I asked if any of my neighbors had complained (they hadn’t), he said that their “inspection team” had made the determination.
My response should not be repeated in polite company, but it did contain the words “fuck” and “off”, as well as a few choice words of a personal nature and a warning that any attempt to force “consequences” on me would be met with, shall we say, strong opposition. He left, never to be seen again, and the barrel stayed (it’s still there, some twelve years later).
One could only imagine my response, then, if I lived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and was faced with an HOA ruling that forbade carrying of guns.
And the local cops feel about the same way as I would:
Breitbart News reported on the HOA’s gun ban May 18, 2026, noting that the St. Lucie Police Department made clear they would not enforce it.
AG Uthmeier contacted the HOA and gave them a deadline to cease enforcement or face legal action.
In a post to X, Uthmeier wrote: “Enforcement of its discriminatory policy against anyone for exercising the constitutional right to keep and bear arms will be met with legal action by my office.”
Needless to say, the HOA has backed down.
And these little gauleiters thought they could get away with this bullshit… in Florida?